Newcastle chasing major £34m upgrade Pope who is ‘the best GK on the market’

Newcastle United he could hardly be in better shape now.

On Sunday, the Magpies hit back with a goal to beat Bromley 3-1 in the game FA Cupwith Lewis Miley on target Anthony Gordon converting the penalty and then William Osula secured his place in the fourth round.

It was the eighth consecutive win for the Magpies, who climbed to fifth place Premier Leaguewhich would be enough for their return to the Champions League, while Eddie Howethe team is also one step away from the EFL Cup final.

This is club longest winning streak as a first division club since March 2005. going in search of a ninth consecutive victory when Wolves visit St James’ Park on Wednesday, having last achieved this in 1994.

However, could January also prove to be a busy month off the pitch, with potential reinforcements on their way to the North East?

Newcastle in the market for a new goalkeeper

According to reports from France via social networksNewcastle as well Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelseaeveryone is interested in LOSC Lille goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier.

It was previously published that Paris Saint-Germain they want to make Chevalier their first choice goalkeeper and manager Luis Enrique is not convinced Gianluigi Donnarummaalthough les Rouge-et-Bleu will face ‘tough competition’ from Premier League clubs.

Sources in Spain suggest that Lille value their goalkeeper at €40m (around £34m), which could prove great value for money, with European football pundit Zach Lowy on Twitter claiming that Chevalier is “the best goalkeeper available on the market”.

How Lucas Chevalier would improve Newcastle

Newcastle have faced well-documented goalkeeping problems in recent weeks.

The usual first choice Nick Pope not highlighted from December 7 because of suffered a knee injury against Brentford, while Martin Dúbravka, who was a substitute for the last eight matches, all of which they won, is potentially on the way to Saudi pro-league side Al-Shabab, and the Magpies want to cash in, given that the Slovak has only six months left on his contract.

There is also the unusual case of Odysseus Vlahodimos, which he described Chris Waugh and George Caulkin from Athletic as “the £20m goalkeeper that Newcastle didn’t want”, he joined from Nottingham Forest last summer as both clubs avoided PSR points penalties, with the Greek number one see only 45 minutes of action at club level this season, introduced at half-time of the EFL Cup tie against AFC Wimbledon.

Still, the Pope is the obvious number one, when available, so let’s see how England international and Chevalier compare.

As indicated in the table, since the beginning of last season, Chevalier has surpassed Pope in all indicators.

The French have joint-seventh best save % of any goalkeeper in Europe’s “top five” leagues, while last season, he was ranked 12th post-shot xG – goals conceded, posting a very impressive figure of +5.7, which means that at just 21 years old, he was the youngest player to finish in the top 45 in this metric.

Meanwhile in this season’s Champions League, only Paulo Gazzaniga, Caoimhín Kelleher, Emi Martínez and Łukasz Skorupski rank higher than Chevalier for post-shot xG – goals conceded, and the Lille goalkeeper is also knuckle-eight for saves and seventh for save % (goalkeepers who appeared in all six match days).

In short, Chevalier is a top-class goalkeeper and, if Newcastle manage to secure his services, it would be a serious coup.